Tuesday morning, 69% of the contiguous U.S. and 49 out of 50 states had snow on the ground, but not the Washington, D.C. metro region.

Thanks in part to the East Coast storm Tuesday night, the snow covered region has risen to 71% Wednesday and now includes Washington, D.C. based on imagery and analysis from the National Weather Service (NWS).

The snow cover across the U.S. - boosted by the recent major winter storm in the Deep South - is more than double the snow cover last month.

An NWS official told Live Science (as quoted in Christian Science Monitor) that the such extensive snow cover is "not typical". However, because NWS does not have long-term U.S. snow cover records, statistical comparisons cannot be made with past years.

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I can't wait for the weekend either, even though the forecast is for nothing but barren coldness. Not even one decent sunny day. Blech.
Maybe my garden will get a little drink on MLK day.
I hear that wind out there. It's waiting to bite me in the morning.

Here's your comment on global warming, scott. The earth is actually bigger than the U.S., a year is actually more than a week long, and this past one tied 2005 for the hottest in history. That do it for you?

I think we are past the tipping point, and Global Warming is on track.
The Arctic icebox is defrosting, and as the Arctic air warms and expands, it pushes further South. But the Arctic air is still so much colder than we are used to seeing here. In the US we are standing in front of the open refrigerator door, and we percieve it as being so much colder.

There are 26 climate zones in the world. You can find 23 of them at the same time on the Big Island of Hawaii. That inlcudes rain forests, desert, and snow-capped volcanoes, all within 2 hours of each other by car. It's a wonderous place.

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Look at the evidence. Last winter we broke snowfall records. This past summer we broke heat records. Now it appears as if the US is in a short term ice age.

The arctic ice has melted. Where do you think it went? Into the atmospheric system. Right now it's sitting on New York and New England. The lack of arctic ice is allowing the oceans to warm and desalinate. Millions of fish washed up dead on the Chesapeake. Global warming is here and it's affecting our environment. Ignoring it is just irresponsible and dangerous.

Don't worry about the typical winter snows of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, it's 75 degrees right now in Honolulu at sea level.

In the absence of a Weather Gang for Honolulu, why is it that we suddenly have so many thunderstorms? I've never seen one in the time I've lived here, but in the last couple of months there have been at least 5 that I've seen and heard (including the one passing overhead right now where the thunder and lightning has been going on for several hours!). Overactive North Pacific?

is climate warming? maybe,even probably. Is human activity the cause? Well,the earth has gone through stages where glaciers covered parts of what is now US. So there are powerful "natural" forces also around, so who is to say the current trends are the result of our automobiles

Yo, Global Warming deniers, there's power in the air! It takes a colossal amount of energy to raise the entire atmosphere 1 degree, and that mongo energy can easily cause more violent weather, such as floods, droughts, tornadoes, and yes, stronger flows of polar air. So bundle up and enjoy the consequences of more energetic global air movements!